CSE - Council of Science Editors (Name/Year System)

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The Council of Science Editors scientific style of documentation is used in the biological sciences and many other fields of scientific study as well. Like the Chicago Manual of Style, it offers two approaches for documenting sources: 1) a citation/sequence system and, 2) a name/year system. This guide explains the Name/Year system. A separate guide explains the Council of Science Editors (Citation/Sequence System).

Inserted at the point of reference, an in-text parenthetical citation containing the author's name and the date of publication interacts with the end documentation by pointing to a specific entry in the References List.

This guide is based on Scientific Styles and Format (6th ed.), a publication of the Council of Science Editors. The standards of documentation they present follow those found in National Library of Medicine Recommended Formats for Bibliographic Citation (NLM 1991).

To learn more about the Council of Science Editors Name/Year system click on the following links.

• Citing Sources Within Your Paper
• Citing Sources at the End of Your Document
• Additional Resources